ESPN: Effort to alter concussion deal fails

The players hoped to persuade the judges of the high court to intervene
in the settlement process that is plodding along in a lower court here.
Led by former special teams player Sean Morey and attorney Steven Molo,
the players wanted to look closely at some of the settlement terms. They
were concerned that the agreement made no provision for any player who
in the future may suffer from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the most
common affliction among former players and a potentially fatal
condition. They also were unhappy with the provision of $122.5 million
in fees to be paid to the lawyers ("class counsel") who engineered the
settlement.